Echocardiographic detection of mobile right atrial thrombus.
Singapore Med J
; 35(1): 112-4, 1994 Feb.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8009270
ABSTRACT
Mobile right atrial thrombus is a rare echocardiographic diagnosis with important implications on further management. We report a case of 50-year-old woman with deep vein thrombosis of her left lower limb, who was found to have a large mobile serpiginous right atrial thrombus on both two-dimensional echocardiography (2DE) and transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE). She developed acute pulmonary embolism within thirty-six hours of diagnosis and subsequently underwent successful pulmonary embolectomy. This case demonstrates the usefulness of echocardiography as a non-invasive tool in the investigation of suspected pulmonary thromboembolism. The detection of right atrial thrombus mandates serious consideration for prompt surgical action.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Trombose
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Ecocardiografia
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Átrios do Coração
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1994
Tipo de documento:
Article